Nutcracker Cookie Bars

Nutcracker Cookie bars are a quick and easy way to make peanut butter cookies! These Nutcracker Cookie Bars are soft and deeply peanut butter!! Make some for the peanut butter lover in your life!

Ingredients and Variations

Ingredients: Cookie – Butter, creamy peanut butter, brown sugar, eggs, salt, vanilla extract, flour and baking powder.

Frosting – butter, creamy peanut butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla extract and milk. chocolate chips

Variations: crunchy peanut butter, use butter flavor shortening instead of butter for a lighter, fluffier cookie. Add in some peanut butter chips if you like and extra chopped nuts.

Nutcracker Cookie Bars

Recipe by Jeni Gough
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Servings

4

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

40

minutes
Yields

15×10

pan
Baking time

18 – 20

minutes

Deeply Peanut butter bars

Ingredients

  • Cookie Base
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened

  • 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter

  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar (light or dark)

  • 2 large eggs

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder

  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

  • Frosting
  • 1/4 cup butter

  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract

  • 4 cups confectioners sugar

  • Topping
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips, melted

  • 2 tbsp cookie sprinkles

Directions

  • Heat oven to 350°.
  • Cream sugar, butter and peanut butter together until fluffy, Add eggs one t a time until incorporated. Add flour and baking powder, mix just until combined.
  • Spread evenly into a nonstick 9 x 13 (for thicker cookies) or 15 x 10 jelly roll pan (for thinner cookies), use parchment paper if using a non stick pan.
  • Bake at 350° for 18 – 20 minutes in jelly roll pan or 20-25 minutes for a 9 x 13.
  • Frosting: Whisk all ingredients together and whip until light and fluffy.
  • Cool cookie bars completely before frosting. Drizzle melted chocolate over frosted bars and sprinkle with cookie sprinkles if desired. cut into squares to serve.

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